Cigarette Pin

ABSTRACT

A cigarette holding apparatus for a cigarette includes a first cigarette pin and a second cigarette pin. The first cigarette pin has a first holding portion, a first clamping portion and a first hinge portion formed between the first holding portion and the first clamping portion, the first clamping portion has a first clamping indention. The second cigarette pin has a second holding portion, a second clamping portion and a second hinge portion formed between the second holding portion and the second clamping portion. The second clamping portion has a second clamping indention. The first hinge portion and the second hinge portion are pivotally connected with each other so that the cigarette holding apparatus is arranged to move between a releasing mode and a clamping mode.

BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION Field of Invention

The present invention relates to an apparatus for holding a cigarette,and more particularly to a cigarette holding apparatus which comprises apair of cigarette pins for selectively and securely holding a cigaretteso that a user may prevent from holding the cigarette by his hands whensmoking.

Description of Related Arts

Smoking is very popular throughout the world. Conventionally, acigarette is a small cylinder of finely cut tobacco leaves which arerolled in thin paper. When people smoke, they need to manually hold oneend portion of the cigarette and ignite the other end of the cigarette.The ignited portion of the cigarette will be burnt gradually while smokewill be inhaled from the other end of the cigarette.

One problem for such a smoking method is that when the cigarette isignited, residuals from the burning tobacco or other chemicals may beformed on the hands of the smokers so that the smokers may haveundesirable smell on their hands. Unfortunately, this tobacco smell isdifficult to get rid of. For some smokers, this may pose a problem forthem either at home or in the workplace. For example, those working as achef may not want the tobacco smell of their hands to contaminate thefoods they made. This is especially true for those who need to directlytouch the food with their hands, such as sushi chefs.

As a matter of fact, cigarette holders are available in which a smokermay prevent direct touching of the cigarette during smoking. However,conventional cigarette holders are generally unsatisfactory because theusers may still need to touch the cigarette when they retrieve ordispose of it.

As a result, there is a need to develop a cigarette holding apparatuswhich may allow a smoker to retrieve, smoke and dispose a cigarettewithout directly touching his or her hands.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

Certain variations of the present invention provide a cigarette holdingapparatus which comprises a pair of cigarette pins for selectivelyclamping a cigarette so that a user may hold the cigarette holdingapparatus for smoking.

Certain variations of the present invention provide a cigarette holdingapparatus which is capable of minimizing direct hand contact between auser and the cigarette during retrieving, smoking and disposing of acigarette.

Certain variations of the present invention provide a cigarette holdingapparatus which is easy to use and simple in structure, and may bestored in a cigarette package for convenient storage and carrying.

In one aspect of the present invention, it provides a cigarette holdingapparatus for a cigarette, comprising:

a first cigarette pin having a first holding portion, a first clampingportion and a first hinge portion formed between the first holdingportion and the first clamping portion, the first clamping portionhaving a first clamping indention; and

a second cigarette pin having a second holding portion, a secondclamping portion and a second hinge portion formed between the secondholding portion and the second clamping portion, the second clampingportion having a second clamping indention, the first clamping indentionand the second clamping indention being positioned to correspond witheach other,

the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion being pivotallyconnected with each other so that the cigarette holding apparatus isarranged to move between a releasing mode and a clamping mode, whereinin the releasing mode, the first cigarette pin and the second cigarettepin are pivotally moved in such a manner that the first clamping portionand the second clamping portion pivotally move away from each other,wherein in the clamping mode, the first cigarette pin and the secondcigarette pin are pivotally moved in such a manner that the firstclamping portion and the second clamping portion pivotally move towardeach other for clamping the cigarette by the first clamping indentionand the second clamping indention.

This summary presented above is provided merely to introduce certainconcepts and not to identify any key or essential features of theclaimed subject matter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective front view of a cigarette holding apparatusaccording to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the cigarette holdingapparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the cigarette holding apparatus according tothe preferred embodiment of the present invention, illustrating that thecigarette holding apparatus is in a clamping mode.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the cigarette holding apparatus according tothe preferred embodiment of the present invention, illustrating that thecigarette holding apparatus is in a releasing mode.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the cigarette holding apparatus according tothe preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the cigarette holding apparatus accordingto the preferred embodiment of the present invention, illustrating afirst cigarette pin of the cigarette holding apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the cigarette holding apparatus accordingto the preferred embodiment of the present invention, illustrating asecond cigarette pin of the cigarette holding apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a top view of the cigarette holding apparatus according to thepreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the cigarette holding apparatus according tothe preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a first side view of the cigarette holding apparatusaccording to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a second side view of the cigarette holding apparatusaccording to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a sectional front view of the first cigarette pin along planeA-A of FIG. 7.

FIG. 13 is a partially perspective view of first cigarette pin accordingto the preferred embodiment of the present invention, illustrating afirst hinge portion and a pivot.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The following detailed description of the preferred embodiment is thepreferred mode of carrying out the invention. The description is not tobe taken in any limiting sense. It is presented for the purpose ofillustrating the general principles of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 13 of the drawings, a cigarette holdingapparatus 1 for holding a cigarette 80 according to a preferredembodiment of the present invention is illustrated. Broadly, thecigarette holding apparatus 1 may comprise a first cigarette pin 10 anda second cigarette pin 20.

The first cigarette pin 10 may have a first holding portion 11, a firstclamping portion 12 and a first hinge portion 13 formed between thefirst holding portion 11 and the first clamping portion 12. The firstclamping portion 12 may have a first clamping indention 121.

On the other hand, the second cigarette pin 20 may have a second holdingportion 21, a second clamping portion 22 and a second hinge portion 23formed between the second holding portion 21 and the second clampingportion 22. The second clamping portion 22 may have a second clampingindention 221. The first clamping indention 121 and the second clampingindention 221 are positioned to correspond to each other.

The first hinge portion 13 and the second hinge portion 23 may bepivotally connected with each other so that the cigarette holdingapparatus 1 is arranged to operate between a releasing mode and aclamping mode, wherein in the releasing mode, the first cigarette pin 10and the second cigarette pin 20 are pivotally moved in such a mannerthat the first clamping portion 12 and the second clamping portion 22pivotally move away from each other. In the clamping mode, the firstcigarette pin 10 and the second cigarette pin 20 are pivotally moved insuch a manner that the first clamping portion 12 and the second clampingportion 22 pivotally move toward each other for clamping the cigarette80 by the first clamping indention 121 and the second clamping indention221. As such a smoker may smoke by holding the first and the secondholding portions 11, 21 without physically touching the cigarette 80 byhis or her hands.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, each ofthe first cigarette pin 10 and the second cigarette pin 20 may have anelongated structure. The first clamping portion 12 of the firstcigarette pin 10 may have a first inner flat surface 122 and a firstouter curved surface 123 for forming a generally semi-circular crosssectional shape of the first clamping portion 12. The first clampingindention 121 may be formed on the first inner flat surface 122 of thefirst clamping portion 12. As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 10 of thedrawings, the first clamping indention 121 may have a generallysemi-circular cross section.

Similarly, the second clamping portion 22 of the second cigarette pin 20may have a second inner flat surface 222 and a second outer curvedsurface 223 for forming a generally semi-circular cross sectional shapeof the second clamping portion 22. The second clamping indention 221 maybe formed on the second inner flat surface 222 of the second clampingportion 22. The second clamping indention 221 may also have a generallysemi-circular cross section.

The first clamping indention 121 and the second clamping indention 221may be formed at a position which correspond to each other so that whenfirst cigarette pin 10 is pivotally connected to the second cigarettepin 20 and the cigarette holding apparatus 1 is in the clamping mode,the first clamping indention 121 and the second clamping indention 221may correspond with each other to form a through main clamping cavity 30within the space formed by the first clamping indention 121 and thesecond clamping indention 221. The main clamping cavity 30 may have asubstantially circular cross sectional shape which corresponds to across sectional shape of a cigarette 80. A cigarette 80 may thereforepenetrate through the main clamping cavity 30. When a clamping force isexerted on the first cigarette pin 10 and the second cigarette pin 20,the cigarette 80 may be securely clamped or held in the main clampingcavity 30. Thus, the shape and size of the main clamping cavity 30 maybe configured to correspond to the shape and size of a typical cigarette80 for providing secure clamping thereof.

The first cigarette pin 10 may further have a first auxiliary indention124 formed on the first clamping portion 12 at a position near oradjacent to the first clamping indention 121. The first auxiliaryindention 124 may have a cross sectional shape identical to that of thefirst clamping indention 121. However, the size of the first auxiliaryindention 124 may be slightly smaller than that of the first clampingindention 121. Similarly, the second cigarette pin 20 may further have asecond auxiliary indention 224 formed on the first clamping portion 22at a position near or adjacent to the second clamping indention 221. Thesecond auxiliary indention 124 may have a cross sectional shapeidentical to that of the second clamping indention 221, but withslightly smaller size.

The first auxiliary indention 124 is positioned corresponding to that ofthe second auxiliary indention 224 such that they may form an auxiliaryclamping cavity 40 as the space between the first auxiliary indention124 and the second auxiliary indention 224 when the cigarette holdingapparatus 1 is in the clamping mode. Therefore, each of the firstauxiliary indention 124 and the second auxiliary indention 224 may havea semi-circular cross sectional shape so that the auxiliary clampingcavity 40 formed by these two indentions may have a substantiallycircular cross sectional shape. A diameter of the auxiliary clampingcavity 40 may be smaller than that of the main clamping cavity 30 forclamping cigarettes or other tobacco objects such as cigars havingsmaller diameters.

The first holding portion 11 may have a first inner holding surface 111and a first outer holding surface 112. In this preferred embodiment, thefirst inner holding surface 111 may have a flat contour while the firstouter holding surface 112 may have a curved or semi-circular contour. Athickness of the first holding portion 11 may gradually decrease fromthe first hinge portion 13 to a free end of the first holding portion 11so as form a predetermined angle of inclination with a longitudinal axisof the cigarette holding apparatus when it is in the clamping mode (seeFIG. 3 of the drawings).

Similarly, the second holding portion 21 may have a second inner holdingsurface 211 and a second outer holding surface 212. The second innerholding surface 211 may have a flat contour while the second outerholding surface 212 may have a curved or semi-circular contour. Athickness of the second holding portion 21 may gradually decrease fromthe second hinge portion 23 to a free end of the second holding portion21 so as form a predetermined angle of inclination with a longitudinalaxis of the cigarette holding apparatus when it is in the clamping mode.The angle of inclination of the first cigarette pin 10 and the secondcigarette pin 20 may be designed such that when the cigarette holdingapparatus in the releasing mode, the first inner holding surface 111 andthe second inner holding surface 211 may be align and contact with eachother, as shown in FIG. 4 of the drawings.

The first hinge portion 13 may have a first receiving indention 131 andcomprise a plurality of first connecting protrusions 132 extended froman inner sidewall of the first receiving indention 131 toward the secondhinge portion 23, while the second hinge portion 23 may have a secondreceiving indention 231 and comprise a plurality of second connectingprotrusions 232 extended from an inner sidewall of the second receivingindention 231 toward the first hinge portion 13. The first connectingprotrusions 132 are positioned apart from each other. Similarly, thesecond connecting protrusions 232 are also positioned apart from eachother.

The first hinge portion 13 may be pivotally connected to the secondhinge portion 23 through a pivot 70. When the first hinge portion 13 ispivotally connected to the second hinge portion 23, the first connectingprotrusions 132 may be partially received in the second receivingindention 231 while the second connecting protrusions 232 may bepartially received in the first receiving indention 131. In addition,each of the first connecting protrusions 132 and the second connectingprotrusions 232 may have a through slot 50, wherein the pivot 70 maypenetrate through the slots 50 for pivotally connecting the firstcigarette pin 10 to the second cigarette pin 20 while the firstconnecting protrusions 132 are partially received in the secondreceiving indention 231 and the second connecting protrusions 232 arepartially received in the first receiving indention 131. Referring toFIG. 13 of the drawings, each of the first connecting protrusions 132may have an outer supporting indention 1321 formed thereon. The outersupporting indentions 1321 may provide a seat for at least one enlargedend portion 701 of the pivot 70 when it has penetrated through the slots50.

Furthermore, the first cigarette pin 10 may further have a first storageslot 14 indently formed on the first inner holding surface 111 of thefirst holding portion 11. The first storage slot 14 may extend on thefirst holding portion 11 and communicate with the first receivingindention 131 of the first hinge portion 13.

Similarly, the second cigarette pin 20 may further have a second storageslot 24 indently formed on the second inner holding surface 211 of thesecond holding portion 21. The second storage slot 24 may extend on thesecond holding portion 21 and communicate with the second receivingindention 231 of the second hinge portion 23. The first storage slot 14and the second storage slot 24 are positioned correspond with eachother. Each of the first storage slot 14 and the second storage slot 24may be elongated in shape.

The cigarette holding apparatus 1 may further comprise a resilientelement 60 connecting the first hinge portion 13 of the first cigarettepin 10 and the second hinge portion 23 of the second cigarette pin 20.The resilient element 60 may be configured as a coil spring and may bepartially received in the first storage slot 14 and the second storageslot 24. The resilient element 60 may be connected to the firstconnecting protrusions 132 and the second connecting protrusions 232 forexerting a force to the first cigarette pin 10 and the second cigarettepin 20 to normally retain the cigarette holding apparatus 1 in theclamping mode. Thus, the cigarette holding apparatus 1 will be retainedin the clamping mode until the first cigarette pin 10 and the secondcigarette pin 20 are pivotally moved to the releasing mode.

It is worth mentioning that one of the first storage slot 14 and thesecond storage slot 24 may be omitted (i.e. removed) so that there isonly one storage slot in the cigarette holding apparatus 1. In thisscenario, the resilient element 60 is received in the remaining storageslot 14 (24).

The cigarette holding apparatus 1 may further comprise a securing member71 and a securing indention 72 formed on the second cigarette pin 20 andthe first cigarette pin 10 respectively. The securing member 71 may beconfigured as a protrusion extended from the second clamping portion 22of the second cigarette pin 20 at a position adjacent to the secondauxiliary indention 224. The securing member 71 and the securingindention 72 may be formed such that when the cigarette holdingapparatus 1 is in the clamping mode, the securing member 71 may bepivotally moved to partially receive in the securing indention 72 so asto minimize a lateral movement between the first cigarette pin 10 andthe second cigarette pin 20.

Note that the securing member 71 and the securing indention 72 mayalternatively be formed on the second cigarette pin 20 and the firstcigarette pin 10 in a similar manner as described above.

The operation of the present invention is as follows: the cigaretteholding apparatus 1 is normally retained at the clamping mode. When auser wishes to use the cigarette holding apparatus to hold a cigarette80, he may slightly and inwardly push on the first holding portion 11 ofthe first cigarette pin 10 and the second holding portion 21 of thesecond cigarette pin 20 so as to pivotally move apart the first clampingportion 12 of the first cigarette pin 10 and the second clamping portion22 of the second cigarette pin 20 (releasing mode). At the same time,the cigarette 80 may be put to pass through one of the main clampingcavity 30 and the auxiliary clamping cavity 40. The user may thenslightly release the pushing force applied at the first holding portion11 and the second holding portion 21. The cigarette 80 may then beclamped by the resilient force exerted by the resilient element 60(clamping mode). The user may smoke by holding the first cigarette pin10 and the second cigarette pin 20 without actually touching thecigarette by his or her hands. When the user finishes smoking, the usermay slightly push the cigarette holding apparatus back to the releasingmode for disposing the cigarette 80.

With the use of the cigarette holding apparatus of the presentinvention, users with dirty hands (e.g. after contacting chemicalsolutions) could avoid contacting the cigarette while smoking. Moreover,the present invention may also provide the convenience for smokingbecause it may hold a short cigarette filter while a user may have puton gloves of certain thickness.

The present invention, while illustrated and described in terms of apreferred embodiment and several alternatives, is not limited to theparticular description contained in this specification. Additionalalternative or equivalent components could also be used to practice thepresent invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A cigarette holding apparatus for a cigarette,comprising: a first cigarette pin having a first holding portion, afirst clamping portion and a first hinge portion formed between saidfirst holding portion and said first clamping portion, said firstclamping portion having a first clamping indention; and a secondcigarette pin having a second holding portion, a second clamping portionand a second hinge portion formed between said second holding portionand said second clamping portion, said second clamping portion having asecond clamping indention, said first clamping indention and said secondclamping indention being positioned to correspond with each other, saidfirst hinge portion and said second hinge portion being pivotallyconnected with each other so that said cigarette holding apparatus isarranged to operate between a releasing mode and a clamping mode,wherein in said releasing mode, said first cigarette pin and said secondcigarette pin are pivotally moved in such a manner that said firstclamping portion and said second clamping portion pivotally move awayfrom each other, wherein in said clamping mode, said first cigarette pinand said second cigarette pin are pivotally moved in such a manner thatsaid first clamping portion and said second clamping portion pivotallymove toward each other for clamping said cigarette by said firstclamping indention and said second clamping indention.
 2. The cigaretteholding apparatus, as recited in claim 1, wherein said first clampingportion of said first cigarette pin has a first inner flat surface and afirst outer curved surface for forming a generally semi-circular crosssectional shape of said first clamping portion, said first clampingindention being formed on said first inner flat surface of said firstclamping portion, and having a substantially semi-circular crosssectional shape.
 3. The cigarette holding apparatus, as recited in claim2, wherein said second clamping portion of said second cigarette pin hasa second inner flat surface and a second outer curved surface forforming a generally semi-circular cross sectional shape of said secondclamping portion, said second clamping indention being formed on saidsecond inner flat surface of said second clamping portion, and having agenerally semi-circular cross sectional shape.
 4. The cigarette holdingapparatus, as recited in claim 3, wherein said first clamping indentionand said second clamping indention are formed at a position whichcorrespond to each other so that when said first cigarette pin ispivotally connected to said second cigarette pin, and said cigaretteholding apparatus is in said clamping mode, said first clampingindention and said second clamping indention may correspond with eachother to form a through main clamping cavity within said space formed bysaid first clamping indention and said second clamping indention, saidmain clamping cavity being substantially circular in cross sectionalshape for fitting said cigarette.
 5. The cigarette holding apparatus, asrecited in claim 1, wherein said first cigarette pin further has a firstauxiliary indention formed on said first clamping portion at a positionadjacent to said first clamping indention.
 6. The cigarette holdingapparatus, as recited in claim 4, wherein said first cigarette pinfurther has a first auxiliary indention formed on said first clampingportion at a position adjacent to said first clamping indention.
 7. Thecigarette holding apparatus, as recited in claim 5, wherein said secondcigarette pin further has a second auxiliary indention formed on saidfirst clamping portion at a position adjacent to said second clampingindention, said first auxiliary indention being positioned correspondingto that of said second auxiliary indention to form an auxiliary clampingcavity as a space between said first auxiliary indention and said secondauxiliary indention when said cigarette holding apparatus is in saidclamping mode.
 8. The cigarette holding apparatus, as recited in claim6, wherein said second cigarette pin further has a second auxiliaryindention formed on said first clamping portion at a position adjacentto said second clamping indention, said first auxiliary indention beingpositioned corresponding to that of said second auxiliary indention toform an auxiliary clamping cavity as a space between said firstauxiliary indention and said second auxiliary indention when saidcigarette holding apparatus is in said clamping mode.
 9. The cigaretteholding apparatus, as recited in claim 7, wherein each of said firstauxiliary indention and said second auxiliary indention may have asemi-circular cross sectional shape so that said auxiliary clampingcavity formed by said first auxiliary indention and said secondauxiliary indention has a substantially circular cross sectional shape,wherein a diameter of said auxiliary clamping cavity is smaller thanthat of said main clamping cavity.
 10. The cigarette holding apparatus,as recited in claim 8, wherein each of said first auxiliary indentionand said second auxiliary indention may have a semi-circular crosssectional shape so that said auxiliary clamping cavity formed by saidfirst auxiliary indention and said second auxiliary indention has asubstantially circular cross sectional shape, wherein a diameter of saidauxiliary clamping cavity is smaller than that of said main clampingcavity.
 11. The cigarette holding apparatus, as recited in claim 4,wherein said first holding portion has a first inner holding surface anda first outer holding surface, said first inner holding surface having aflat contour while said first outer holding surface having a curvedcontour, a thickness of said first holding portion gradually decreasingfrom said first hinge portion to a free end of said first holdingportion so as form a predetermined angle of inclination with alongitudinal axis of said cigarette holding apparatus when in saidclamping mode.
 12. The cigarette holding apparatus, as recited in claim10, wherein said first holding portion has a first inner holding surfaceand a first outer holding surface, said first inner holding surfacehaving a flat contour while said first outer holding surface having acurved contour, a thickness of said first holding portion graduallydecreasing from said first hinge portion to a free end of said firstholding portion so as form a predetermined angle of inclination with alongitudinal axis of said cigarette holding apparatus when in saidclamping mode.
 13. The cigarette holding apparatus, as recited in claim4, wherein said second holding portion has a second inner holdingsurface and a second outer holding surface, said second inner holdingsurface having a flat contour while said second outer holding surfacehaving a curved contour, a thickness of said second holding portiongradually decreasing from said second hinge portion to a free end ofsaid second holding portion so as form a predetermined angle ofinclination with a longitudinal axis of said cigarette holding apparatuswhen in said clamping mode.
 14. The cigarette holding apparatus, asrecited in claim 10, wherein said second holding portion has a secondinner holding surface and a second outer holding surface, said secondinner holding surface having a flat contour while said second outerholding surface having a curved contour, a thickness of said secondholding portion gradually decreasing from said second hinge portion to afree end of said second holding portion so as form a predetermined angleof inclination with a longitudinal axis of said cigarette holdingapparatus when in said clamping mode.
 15. The cigarette holdingapparatus, as recited in claim 4, wherein said first hinge portion has afirst receiving indention and comprises a plurality of first connectingprotrusions extended from an inner sidewall of said first receivingindention toward said second hinge portion, while said second hingeportion having a second receiving indention and comprising a pluralityof second connecting protrusions extended from an inner sidewall of saidsecond receiving indention toward said first hinge portion.
 16. Thecigarette holding apparatus, as recited in claim 12, wherein said firsthinge portion has a first receiving indention and comprises a pluralityof first connecting protrusions extended from an inner sidewall of saidfirst receiving indention toward said second hinge portion, while saidsecond hinge portion having a second receiving indention and comprisinga plurality of second connecting protrusions extended from an innersidewall of said second receiving indention toward said first hingeportion.
 17. The cigarette holding apparatus, as recited in claim 11,further having a storage slot indently formed on at least one of saidfirst inner holding surface of said first holding portion and on secondinner holding surface of said second holding portion.
 18. The cigaretteholding apparatus, as recited in claim 12, further having a storage slotindently formed on at least one of said first inner holding surface ofsaid first holding portion and on second inner holding surface of saidsecond holding portion.
 19. The cigarette holding apparatus, as recitedin claim 4, further comprising a resilient element connecting to saidfirst hinge portion of said first cigarette pin and said second hingeportion of said second cigarette pin for exerting a force to said firstcigarette pin and said second cigarette pin to normally retain saidcigarette holding apparatus in said clamping mode.
 20. The cigaretteholding apparatus, as recited in claim 18, further comprising aresilient element connecting to said first hinge portion of said firstcigarette pin and said second hinge portion of said second cigarettepin, said resilient element being partially received in said storageslot and exerting a force to said first cigarette pin and said secondcigarette pin to normally retain said cigarette holding apparatus insaid clamping mode.
 21. The cigarette holding apparatus, as recited inclaim 4, further comprising a securing member and a securing indentionformed on said second cigarette pin and said first cigarette pinrespectively, said securing member being configured as a protrusionextended from said second clamping portion of said second cigarette pinat a position adjacent to said second auxiliary indention, said securingmember and said securing indention are formed such that when saidcigarette holding apparatus is in said clamping mode, said securingmember is moved to partially receive in said securing indention so as tominimize a lateral movement between said first cigarette pin and saidsecond cigarette pin.
 22. The cigarette holding apparatus, as recited inclaim 20, further comprising a securing member and a securing indentionformed on said second cigarette pin and said first cigarette pinrespectively, said securing member being configured as a protrusionextended from said second clamping portion of said second cigarette pinat a position adjacent to said second auxiliary indention, said securingmember and said securing indention are formed such that when saidcigarette holding apparatus is in said clamping mode, said securingmember is moved to partially receive in said securing indention so as tominimize a lateral movement between said first cigarette pin and saidsecond cigarette pin.